I think people have it wrong. They're like, when they get in the fairway bunker, they play the ball back because they think I got to hit the golf ball first. Well, they play the ball back. Now the shaft is leaning so far forward because you have a fact that it's just driving down to the ground. Now they hit the green side bunker shot when they're trying to hit a fairway bunker shot. So I tell them, okay, let's put the ball up there where you hit a driver. And I'm talking about an accessible while.

Like it's sitting on top of the sand. It's not very drinking. But if it's like a reasonable fairway bunker shot where you have access to the back of the ball, I just say, okay, pretend that ball's on a short tee. Put it forward in your stance like you're hitting a driver and just swing. They catch it on the upswing. They hit it maybe a groove lower on the face, but it's clean. it's out of the bunker and it's going pretty high.

So that's how I hit Faraway bunker shots.

So I do the exact... They hit it maybe a groove lower on the face, but it's clean, it's out of the bunker, and it's going pretty high.

So that's how I hit Fairway Bunker shots.

So I do the exact opposite of what most people do.

Golf Smarter, number 781.

Mastering those scary golf shots that make you question your skills and make your knees buckle with Josh Zander.

This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. Here's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the

Golf Smarter podcast, Josh. Thanks, Fred. It's good to be with you again. It's good to be with you. Happy New Year, buddy. Hope the family as well. We can still say that. Yeah, it's happy New Year, even though we're in February. You know what? It may be March when somebody listens to this, but still, it's the first time we're seeing each other this year and talking to each other.

And not that I've not been following you on the Xander Golf app, good job.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's been fun.

You know, it's just informative.

And that's what I love about it.

But I know that there's a lot more to it.

But I love watching the progress of your son's golf game and his swing.

Yeah, it's been a fun project.

Challenging, but fun.

Yeah, we'll see where it goes.

So there's a couple of things from some posts that I was reading that I want to grill you on today.

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